Although this seems like a progressive idea, it well may signal the final decline of the Church of England. Experience with other denominations — like the United Church of Canada — accepting female (and gay) leaders seems to presage the final descent of a church into a mushy, not-really-Christian, leftist social justice organization.

There are few takers for such churches because most leftists are agnostics or atheists.

Some evangelical denominations have had female pastors for a long time (such as the Salvation Army), but they are protected by their insistence on staying closing to the text of the Bible.